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13 May, 2009

Read if you've ever lived with one or more roommates and had a problem getting dishes done.

Food should be scraped off dishes before washing; accidents (and forgetfulness) happen but clogged drains should be un-clogged promptly

Do not leave dishes in sink unwashed for more than 5 days, or for longer than it takes for flies to collect

Don't leave silverware at the bottom of the sink; just 'cause it's small doesn't mean it's not important

If you use a large pan, colander, or salad-spinner, it's nice if you can clean that up before the next person goes to use the sink -- it's very hard to refill a Brita water container with large items like that in the way

Just because the drying rack is full does not mean you are excused from dish duty

Dry knives immediately so they do not get rusty

If, while drying dishes by hand, your dish rag becomes saturated please throw it in the laundry so that a soppy wet rag is not placed on the counter for someone else to find

Thank you in advance for not playing Jenga with the drying glassware

Occasionally do some extra dishes even if they are not your own because at some point you probably forgot to do a cup or five before, too

I'm doing my part by wearing red & white nail polish during finals. Hope it brings some good Karma my way ;-)

Also look for Temple's "Cherry & White" colors around Philly all week (May 11-17) surrounding the Commencement ceremony on May 14. See if you can spot the following landmarks and buildings with Temple's colors:

Ben Franklin Bridge

One Liberty Place

Two Liberty Place

Cira Centre (look for the Temple 'T')

Boathouse Row

Bell Atlantic Tower

City Hall and along Broad Street

Send your favorite cherry sightings to me or to Temple's site and tweet them on Temple's new Twitter account if you're into that stuff.

The "I'm a Temple Owl" video contest finalists were announced today as well. Here is a stream of the finalists, the last one being the winner (Dan McKinney). My personal favorite is the third, but I'm biased being a part of the Fox School of Business myself!

Finally, for the alumni, it's Alumni Weekend at the end of the week, May 15-17. The scheduled events required registration, which closed last week so hopefully this isn't the first you're hearing about it...

06 May, 2009

Found this little gem on the side of the curb by the AEPi House on North Broad Street. They just renovated their mini-mansion so I assume this is an artifact from that process. But it was just too charming for me to pass up.

I was walking back from class with a friend who happened to be on crutches, so I carried it halfway home and then solicited a neighbor's help the rest of the way.

My plans for this treasure go a little something like this:

Rescue abandoned side cabinet from the garbage collectors.

Clean and sandpaper the whole thing. Elbow grease!

Purchase the perfect shade of cranberry paint, and clear a space on backyard patio where it's okay to make a mess.

05 May, 2009

Cracking up at "Between Jobs: The Blog," written by a woman named Pam Bellemare who was recently laid off. I particularly enjoyed the "What to do with old business cards" post on March 5. Being that business cards only cost a few bucks from my favorite printing site, I'm almost tempted to get some just to cut up!

Shrugging at the kind of advice that you don't want to hear but probably need to hear more often in the "Tools for Life Blog." A post by Erika Mitchell from November 2008 entitled "Top 5 Things to Do When Unemployed" contains practical items such as "Exercise." "Learn." There now you don't have to read it.

04 May, 2009

There certainly are a number of us who are taking an extra summer, an extra semester, and even a few - myself included - who are taking an extra year. After transferring universities, disciplines, and majors a few times, the extension and additional student debt was inevitable. I just wish I could celebrate along with all the "last-day-of-class-forever" Facebook status messages and Tweets today.

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Amy Pospiech

Amy Pospiech is an entrepreneur, creative director at Color & Code, and freelance web designer. She is also a lover of flapper fashion, architecture of the early 20th century, pinup photography, and the Italian language and culture.